Digital Research Projects

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work on digital infrastructure development projects with a variety of web-based research outputs. My roles and responsibilities on these projects are detailed below.

ArtmobCMS Arts Content Management System

ArtmobCMS is a suite of Drupal modules that deliver sophisticated rights holder description and licensing management functionality for digital archives. It was developed in the Centre for Digital Policy and Cultural Rights Initiatives within the New Media Collaboration Centre at York University. The Principal Investigators for the project were Rosemary J. Coombe (Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture, York University), Christopher Innes (Canada Research Chair in Performance and Culture, Distinguished Research Professor, York University), and Darren Wershler (Concordia University). During the course of research infrastructure development, numerous pilot archives were launched, including a bpNichol archive, Canadian Writers in Person, a Fred Wah archive, the ModernDrama.ca multimedia archive, the Scream Literary Festival archive, and the Banyan archive. For more information about the project, visit Artmob.ca.

Senior Research Assistant, Project Manager 2007 – 2015

My role on the project evolved over the course of my involvement with it.

Worked with the Technical Lead to establish software development priorities and timelines;

Collaborated with Principal Investigators and project team members to regularly review progress and identify strategies for improvement and development;

Prepared talks, posters, and presentations for various groups of scholars.

ModernDrama.ca

ModernDrama.ca was an online resource developed by Christopher Innes, Canada Research Chair in Performance & Culture and research partners. The site included a number of digital resources, including Modern Theatre in Context: A Multimedia Chronology of Modern Drama, a multimedia archive of street theatre, carnival culture and VR reconstructions of historical theatre performances and a hyper-linked glossary of theatre terms.

Project Manager and User Interface Developer 2001 – 2015

My initial responsibilities were designing and managing development of the chronology resource and liaising with external partners to integrate digital assets. As the project matured, the focus shifted to adding new features to the chronology, adding new resources to accompany the chronology, and back-end updates to the web applications.

Gathered requirements and specifications for the project;

Conducted an iterative design process in coordination with multiple stakeholders;